Mattie
Mattie was the 1005th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 249 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 25th; the most babies were born in 1920 (2,902). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4 places. More babies were named Mattie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Matilda or Martha · English, Germanic, Aramaic
Say it MAT-ee /ˈmæti/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,005 girls, up 40 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 249girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19202,902 babies
- Total since 1880
- 133,859babies recorded
What does the name Mattie mean?
Mattie is a pet form of Matilda and of Martha, as Wiktionary notes, and was used as a formal name, especially in the southern US in the late 19th century. Matilda is a Germanic name from maht 'might, strength' and hild 'battle'; Martha is Aramaic 'the mistress, lady', as DMNES glosses it. For boys Mattie can be short for Matthew.
maht + hild (Old High German, “might + battle”)מַרְתָּא (Marta) (Aramaic, “the mistress, lady”)
How sure is this? Well established. The full name behind a given Mattie varies.
Related names: Matilda, Martha, Matty, Mathilde.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Mattie', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Martha', DMNES (Durham University)
Mattie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 780 since 1880.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,005 | 249 |
| 2020 | #1,045 | 241 |
| 2010 | #929 | 279 |
| 2000 | #756 | 304 |
| 1990 | #1,094 | 161 |
| 1980 | #1,306 | 98 |
| 1970 | #850 | 159 |
| 1960 | #480 | 421 |
| 1950 | #247 | 929 |
| 1940 | #163 | 1,292 |
| 1930 | #128 | 1,890 |
| 1920 | #96 | 2,902 |
| 1910 | #60 | 1,687 |
| 1900 | #44 | 1,834 |
| 1890 | #42 | 1,256 |
| 1880 | #29 | 704 |
How popular is Mattie, counting every spelling?
Mattie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #876 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,005 for Mattie on its own. Together these spellings went to 295 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattie | 249 | #1,005 | 1,207 |
| Matea | 10 | #9,876 | 95 |
| Matty | 21 | #5,846 | 89 |
| Matti | 10 | #9,877 | 54 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mattie?
249 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mattie (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mattie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 34 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mattie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mattie?
About 29,300 people born in the US named Mattie are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 26 and 81. That makes Mattie a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mattie by state
How common Mattie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (9.8×), Alabama (4.7×), Kentucky (3.5×), Arkansas (3.3×), Tennessee (3.3×). In 24 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mattie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mattie, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Mattie · Sibling names for Mattie
Mattie is also a nickname for Matilda and Martha.
Questions about the name Mattie
What does Mattie mean?
Mattie means “pet form of Matilda or Martha” (English, Germanic, Aramaic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Mattie?
Mattie was the 1005th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 249 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 25th; the most babies were born in 1920 (2,902). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4 places. More babies were named Mattie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Mattie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mattie in the US.
Where is Mattie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mattie was most common in Mississippi (1.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Kentucky.